Dearly Beloved follows, from childhood into late life, two Presbyterian ministers and the women they marry. This might not sound dramatically interesting and it certainly isn't a book filled with twists and turns. Instead it's a study of character. We have two men, Charles and James, who each come to ministry at a fairly young… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
Tag: Simon & Schuster Audio
What I Read: February 2025
Because I forgot to mention it last month - I've made the switch from Goodreads to StoryGraph. Feel free to find me (I'm Karissareadsbooks) there if you also are a user. Read: The Dearly Beloved - Cara Wall (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2019) Abigail - Magda Szabo (translated from Hungarian by Len Rix) (New York… Continue reading What I Read: February 2025
What I Read: January 2025
Read: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad (McClelland & Stewart, 2025) Writers & Lovers - Lily King (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, 2020) Your House Will Pay - Steph Cha (Ecco, 2019) Lucy - Jamaica Kincaid (Plume, 191) The Gulag Archipelago, Vol 1 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Harper Collins Audio,… Continue reading What I Read: January 2025
(Audio) Book Review: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Shark Heart: A Love Story - Emily Habeck (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023) "It's about a man who turns into a shark," I told my family when they asked what I was listening to. "I think it's a metaphor." I still think it's a metaphor but I'm not entirely sure for what. Domestic violence, I… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
(Audio) Book Review: The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong
What I've appreciated most about Kevin Chong's work in the past is how Vancouver it is. And even though the city and the Chinatown that his latest novel takes place in is never named, it clearly felt like Vancouver to me. The Chinatown I remember in the 90s and early 2000s felt very present to… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong
What I Read: March 2024
Read: The Future - Catherine Leroux (Biblioasis, 2020) (translated from the French by Susan Ouriou) The Double Life of Benson Yu - Kevin Chong (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023) Games & Rituals - Katherine Heiny (Penguin Audio, 2023) Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit - Nadine Sander-Green (Anansi, 2024) The Other Valley - Scott Alexander Howard (Scribner Canada,… Continue reading What I Read: March 2024
Book Review: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
For approximately two-thirds of The Other Black Girl, I felt like I was reading a smart, contemporary novel about young women in the workplace, modern publishing industries, and the issues that Black women deal with. Then, quite suddenly, the book turned into something far more nefarious and confusing. To the point that I had the… Continue reading Book Review: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
What I Read – November 2022
Read: Dandelion - Jamie Chai Yun Liew (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022) Good Inside - Dr. Becky Kennedy (Harper Wave, 2022) A Room Made of Leaves - Kate Grenville (Text Publishing Company, 2021) Away - Amy Bloom (High Bridge Audio, 2007) Trinity, Trinity, Trinity - Erika Kobayashi (Astra House, 2022) (translated from Japanese by Brian Bergstrom)… Continue reading What I Read – November 2022
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